MAJOR M-CLASS SOLAR FLARE ! Active Region 11996 unleashed an M9.3 solar flare at 22:34 UTC last Yesterday. A large Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is expected to be leaving the blast site and will be directed towards Mercury and not towards the Earth as the active region was rotating the western limb and off the earth-facing side of the solar disk.
ANOTHER X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE !! New Active Region 12087 turning the eastern limb continues to unleash major solar flares after yesterdays two X-Flares the active region produced its 3rd major solar eruption inside of 24 hours with an X1.0 registered at 9:06 am UTC. Today's blast does not have a strong Coronal Mass Ejection associated as the eruption itself was short lasting and impulsive.
